Fernell — boys' name
6 babies named Fernell in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Fernell was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Fernell in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fernell
The Social Security Administration has registered 6 babies named Fernell between 1971 and 1971, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fernell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Fernell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1930.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fernell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fernell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fernell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Fernell at a glance
Last recorded 1971Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fernell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1971
- Peak year (1971)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1971.
6 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 6 births in a single year.
Fernell popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1930 (Fernell as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Fernell accounts for 45% of total recorded use across both genders.
Fernell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 6 births that decade — 100% of Fernell's all-time total
Fernell decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Fernell's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Fernell by state
Where Fernell concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 83.3% |
5 of 6 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 83.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 83.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.